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** Brad had finished the first game with 0; when they clear the scores for the second game, James quips that "Brad's score is still on there".

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** Brad had finished the first game with 0; when they clear the scores for the second game, James quips that "Brad's [[https://youtu.be/FPba1r8oM5s "Hey, Brad's score is still on there".there."]]
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** In the category "Rhymes With a [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]] Dwarf", Matt guesses "sappy". A good guess, except that the previous response was "snappy".

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** In the category "Rhymes With a [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]] Dwarf", Matt guesses "sappy". A good guess, except that the previous clue's response was "snappy".
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** During the interview session, Ken points out that Amy's story completely one-ups Matt's. "Oh, you threw out a first pitch in Akron? I missed it -- I was at the ''White House''!"
** In the category "Rhymes With a [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]] Dwarf", Matt guesses "sappy". A good guess, except that the previous response was "snappy".
---> '''Ken:''' They don't all gotta rhyme with the same dwarf, Matt.
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* February 10th, 2014: The College Tournament bears witness to bare feet. Sarah Stevens, [[http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/02/11/shoeless-delaware-student-competes-jeopardy/a University of Delaware student,]] [[DoesNotLikeShoes plays the entire game without any shoes on]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhmpQRKO3Iw because she's superstitious about footwear]] when she decided to remove a pair of heels to make it easier to sing and won a contest. [[spoiler:She ended the game with $1,400 and placed second- better rethink that strategy!!]]

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* February 10th, 2014: The College Tournament bears witness to bare feet. Sarah Stevens, [[http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/02/11/shoeless-delaware-student-competes-jeopardy/a University of Delaware student,]] [[DoesNotLikeShoes plays [plays the entire game without any shoes on]] on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhmpQRKO3Iw because she's superstitious about footwear]] when she decided to remove a pair of heels to make it easier to sing and won a contest. [[spoiler:She ended the game with $1,400 and placed second- better rethink that strategy!!]]
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* December 10, 2015: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqL8wrQb5mQ One contestant's interview]] is about a moment in his life taken straight out of ''WesternAnimation/The Simpsons''.

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* December 10, 2015: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqL8wrQb5mQ One contestant's interview]] is about a moment in his life taken straight out of ''WesternAnimation/The Simpsons''.''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
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* December 10, 2015: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqL8wrQb5mQ One contestant's interview]] is about a moment in his life taken straight out of ''Series/The Simpsons''.

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* December 10, 2015: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqL8wrQb5mQ One contestant's interview]] is about a moment in his life taken straight out of ''Series/The ''WesternAnimation/The Simpsons''.

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* December 10, 2015: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqL8wrQb5mQ One contestant's interview]] is about a moment in his life taken straight out of ''Series/The Simpsons''.



* May 31st, 2017: Alex Trebek did a double take as part of a clue for the Filmmaking Techniques category. At the end, however, Alex did a double take for real when he realized he was about to declare Lisette the winner, due to her Final Jeopardy! answer being shown last and revealed as correct, when Joe actually had the slightly higher score. Joe wound up even more astonished, believing he had lost, doing what looked like a triple or quadruple take.
* June 23rd, 2017: The contestant in the middle writes for his Final Jeopardy!, "What is '[[SelfDeprecation I've Been Sucking]]'." When asked to explain himself, he meant he was sucking in his stomach throughout the whole show. Even funnier, his opponents also gave incorrect answers but bet much more than he did, making him the winner.

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* May 31st, 31, 2017: Alex Trebek did a double take as part of a clue for the Filmmaking Techniques category. At the end, however, Alex did a double take for real when he realized he was about to declare Lisette the winner, due to her Final Jeopardy! answer being shown last and revealed as correct, when Joe actually had the slightly higher score. Joe wound up even more astonished, believing he had lost, doing what looked like a triple or quadruple take.
* June 23rd, 23, 2017: The contestant in the middle writes for his Final Jeopardy!, "What is '[[SelfDeprecation I've Been Sucking]]'." When asked to explain himself, he meant he was sucking in his stomach throughout the whole show. Even funnier, his opponents also gave incorrect answers but bet much more than he did, making him the winner.
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* November 19, 1997: From the first Power Players week, Double Jeopardy! ends with Creator/AlFranken having a runaway lead over Pat Schroeder and Jack Ford, $7,900-$2,100-$1,300. Unfortunately for all three involved, Final turns out to be a triple stumper. Pat wins the game with $100 thanks to Al "pulls a Cliff Clavin" and wagering everything, sending him down to $0.

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* November 19, 1997: From the first Power Players week, Double Jeopardy! ends with Creator/AlFranken having a runaway lead over Pat Schroeder and Jack Ford, $7,900-$2,100-$1,300. Unfortunately for all three involved, Final turns out to be a triple stumper. Pat wins the game with $100 thanks to Al "pulls "pulling a Cliff Clavin" and wagering everything, sending him down to $0.

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* November 21, 1997: During the first Power Players week, Bill Maher hits an Audio Daily Double. He hears a snippet from The Melvins and can't identify the band's genre of [[spoiler:grunge]].

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* November 21, 19, 1997: During From the first Power Players week, Double Jeopardy! ends with Creator/AlFranken having a runaway lead over Pat Schroeder and Jack Ford, $7,900-$2,100-$1,300. Unfortunately for all three involved, Final turns out to be a triple stumper. Pat wins the game with $100 thanks to Al "pulls a Cliff Clavin" and wagering everything, sending him down to $0.
** Also, Pat writing "Who knows?" as his Final Jeopardy! response.
* November 21, 1997: Another one from the same Power Players week.
Bill Maher hits an Audio Daily Double. He hears Double and is provided with a snippet from The Melvins and Melvins. After he can't identify the band's genre of [[spoiler:grunge]].[[spoiler:grunge]]...
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** HilarityEnsues in the $500 clue about South Africa which reads "Of go in or go elsewhere, what to do when you see a restroom marked 'HERE'." A male contestant, Marty, loses money for responding with "What is go elsewhere?" A female contestant named Kathleen says "What is go in?" and is also ruled incorrect. Bob lays off his signaling button, leading to this...

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** HilarityEnsues in the The $500 clue about South Africa which reads "Of go in or go elsewhere, what to do when you see a restroom marked 'HERE'." A male contestant, Marty, loses money for responding with "What is go elsewhere?" A female contestant named Kathleen says "What is go in?" and is also ruled incorrect. Bob lays off his signaling button, leading to this...
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* The ''Jeopardy! Masters'' finals on May 24, 2023 contained this gem in the "Current Events" category:

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* The ''Jeopardy! Masters'' finals on May 24, 2023 contained [[https://twitter.com/Jeopardy/status/1661545115654008833 this gem in the "Current "Recent Events" category:category:]]

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* The ''Jeopardy! Masters'' finals on May 24, 2023 contained this gem in the "Current Events" category:
-->'''Ken:''' Subheads in a piece on this N.Y. Rep.: "Lied about where he went to...college"; "allegedly swindled a disabled vet whose dog was dying."\\
'''Mattea:''' Who is George Santos?\\
'''Ken:''' [[TakeThat I don't get to say this very often,]] but George Santos is correct!
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* May 16, 2023: Contestant Lydia-Claire told the story of how she tried to [[ForcedTransformation turn her principal]] [[BewitchedAmphibians into a frog]] as an eight-year-old. She went to the local public library and asked the librarian where they kept their spellbooks, and explained why when the librarian asked. The librarian helped her find the spellbooks they had, and Lydia-Claire took them home. A week later, she returned the books to the library, and the librarian was disappointed to hear that they had been ineffective. Then comes the kicker -- on the car ride home, Lydia-Claire's mother told her that the librarian she had spoken to ''was the principal's wife''!
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--->'''Ken:''' James... Don't-don't make me come over there. I-I know you've got the belt.\\

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--->'''Ken:''' ---->'''Ken:''' James... Don't-don't make me come over there. I-I know you've got the belt.\\

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Is there a "Stealth F-Strike" trope for James's "autocorrect" comment?



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* May 12, 2023: An [[HomoeroticSubtext odd moment]] between Ken and James. There is a clue about a book review that described the book as "elegantly erotic & full of enchanting terror". After nobody gets it right, Ken remarks, "I also refer to James as elegantly erotic but full of enchanting terror." James responds, "Keep it in your pants, Ken."
* May 15, 2023: Early in the game, James misses a clue, resetting his score to zero. Andrew then hits the Daily Double and wagers everything "plus all of James's points". James pretends to whack him with his championship belt while Ken says [[CallBack "I think James's score is still on there, actually."]]
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--->'''Ken:''' James... Don't-don't make me come over there. I-I know you got the belt.\\

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--->'''Ken:''' James... Don't-don't make me come over there. I-I know you you've got the belt.\\
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*** James then proceeds to continue making joke answers in Final after having a lock game, such as the legendary response "If a Ken falls in the forest and no one's around, does it make a dad joke?".
--->'''Ken:''' James... Don't-don't make me come over there. I-I know you got the belt.\\
'''James:''' (Holding up his 2019 Tournament of Champions belt) Oh yeah! Let's go. Let's go buddy!\\
'''Ken:''' I-I don't think I have any weapons at all at my lectern.
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** James Holzhauer has a lock game entering Final. He crossing out a frontloading "What" to write "Stop ducking a rematch, Ken".

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** James Holzhauer has a lock game entering Final. He crossing crosses out a frontloading "What" to write "Stop ducking a rematch, Ken".
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*** Before Final, the judges ruled that James' response is acceptable, and he was credited with $3,200. Sam is given $1,600 back for ringing in after James' initial response.[[note]]The response they were looking for was "eviscerate".[[/note]]

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*** Before Final, the judges ruled that James' response is acceptable, and he was is credited with $3,200. Sam is given $1,600 back for ringing in after James' initial response.[[note]]The response they were looking for was "eviscerate".[[/note]]
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*** Before Final, the judges ruled that James' response was acceptable, and he was credited with $3,200. Sam was given $1,600 back for ringing in after James' initial response.

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*** Before Final, the judges ruled that James' response was is acceptable, and he was credited with $3,200. Sam was is given $1,600 back for ringing in after James' initial response.[[note]]The response they were looking for was "eviscerate".[[/note]]
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'''James:''' What is eviscerate?\\

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'''James:''' What is eviscerate?\\gutting?\\
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* May 8, 2023:
** For the ''Jeopardy! Masters'' tournament, Ken [[ShowTheFolksAtHome reveals to the home audience where the Daily Doubles are in each round]]. In Double Jeopardy of the first game and the Jeopardy round in the second, a Daily Double is found ''on the first pick''.
*** Matt Amodio finds the former in Alliterative History for $1,600.
---->'''Ken:''' How did you do it? Are you watching at home? Are you a home viewer, Matt?\\
'''Matt:''' Eat it up, Internet.
*** James Holzhauer finds the latter in Comin' to Your City for $1,000.
---->'''Ken:''' Uncanny.\\
'''James:''' I think we've figured this algorithm out.\\
'''Ken:''' ''(laughs)'' You were reading my mind somehow, James.
** In the second game, Same First & Last Letter for $1,600.
--->'''Ken:''' This verb can mean to weaken or disembowel, figuratively & literally.\\
'''James:''' What is eviscerate?\\
'''Ken:''' No.\\
'''Sam Buttrey:''' What is gut?\\
'''Ken:''' No.\\
'''Sam Buttrey:''' Oh... [[DelayedOhCrap OH]]!\\
''(time's up signal)''\\
'''Mattea Roach:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Do you want to share with the class]]?
*** Before Final, the judges ruled that James' response was acceptable, and he was credited with $3,200. Sam was given $1,600 back for ringing in after James' initial response.
** James Holzhauer has a lock game entering Final. He crossing out a frontloading "What" to write "Stop ducking a rematch, Ken".
--->'''Ken:''' Do you know... Do you know how much work I had do to get all the way over here at this lectern and avoid having to play you again, James!?\\
'''James:''' This is autocorrected, by the way.\\
'''Ken:''' I'm afraid I cannot give you credit, though your heart's in the right place. See, [[FelonyMisdemeanor it's not in the form of a question]].
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* March 12, 2020: Alex accidentally refers to the winner, Jessica Babbitt, as [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit]]. He corrects himself a moment later.

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* March 12, 2020: Alex accidentally refers to the winner, Jessica Babbitt, as [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit]]. He corrects himself a moment later.later, and then [[SelfDeprecation signs off as "Alex Rebek."]]
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* March 31, 2023: An understandable but still hilarious knee-jerk response.
---> '''Clue:''' If you're going to splurge for the Ferrari, get a GTO; the G & T stand for this Italian phrase, also a video game.[[note]]The correct phrase is VideoGame/GranTurismo.[[/note]]\\
'''Jen:''' What is [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto Grand Theft]]?
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* November 14, 1990: "In this 1990 film, a couple dies of spider bites while watching 'Series/WheelOfFortune'."[[note]]Correct response: ''Film/{{Arachnophobia}}''.[[/note]]

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* November 14, 1990: "In this 1990 film, a couple dies of spider bites while watching 'Series/WheelOfFortune'.''Series/WheelOfFortune''."[[note]]Correct response: ''Film/{{Arachnophobia}}''.[[/note]]
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* October 16, 1987: Another incorrect response Trebek seemed to agree with.

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* October 16, 1987: Another incorrect response Trebek Alex seemed to agree with.
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** First, for $100: "The highest score you can get in any frame with a spare."[[note]]Twenty.[[/note]]. Nobody cimes in.

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** First, for $100: "The highest score you can get in any frame with a spare."[[note]]Twenty.[[/note]]. Nobody cimes rings in.
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'''Alex:''' (beat as the audience laughs and he himself starts to chuckle) Nope, interesting though. [[spoiler: The correct answer what is the Challenger Deep?]]\\

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'''Alex:''' (beat as the audience laughs and he himself starts to chuckle) Nope, interesting though. [[spoiler: The correct answer what answer: What is the Challenger Deep?]]\\
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--->'''Alex:''' Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to welcome you to the ''Jeopardy Comedy Hour''.

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--->'''Alex:''' Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to welcome you to the ''Jeopardy ''Jeopardy! Comedy Hour''.
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'''Tom:''' (''rings in'') Who is Manet?\\

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'''Tom:''' (''rings in'') Who is Manet?\\[[Art/LeDejeunerSurLHerbe Manet]]?\\



'''Ferris:''' (''rings in'') Who is Monet?\\

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'''Ferris:''' (''rings in'') Who is Monet?\\[[Creator/ClaudeMonet Monet]]?\\

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